So, around the beginning of this year my ASUS Crosshair V formula motherboard ate itself. I had already planned on upgrading to an x79 system so I bought all the components including an ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, an Intel Core i7 3970X, a Mountain Mods Extended Ascension Case with custom mirror black powder coat, an EVGA SuperNova NEX1500 PSU, 64GB of G.SKILL 2400MHz Quad Channel DDR3 and lots of other stuff totaling over $4k.

Well, I thought I could get it built by the time the Crysis 3 beta was released but I found out my RAM was bad, and then I found out that my motherboard was bad and after RMA-ing the motherboard Amazon had run out of stock so I totally missed out on the beta.

Amazon was still out of stock and the C3 release date was approaching so I went as far ordering a RIVE from Amazon.co.jp ( Amazon Japan ) but then they received stock on the 18th the DAY Tenso ( the Japanese forwarding service that ships the items I buy in Japan to me ) received it from the Yamato Transport Co. Fortunately I can return my Amazon.co.jp order from Tenso and in the meantime I ordered my motherboard ( again ) from Amazon U.S.

The motherboard should be arriving tomorrow, but yesterday I was so eager to try out Crysis 3 that I tried playing it on a laptop with a GPU the equivalent of a Quadro FX 600. Needless to say I had I horrible experience. My framerate maxed out at 15FPS. Aiming was almost impossible -- it was like I was drunk. The 17in screen was so small I would always loose track of the situation. In short, I was lucky if I scored 1 kill per game. This is in comparison to the Alpha which I played on my PC where I regularly got 7+ killstreaks, got the swarmer in almost every game, and got max suit many times with an overall excellent K/D ratio.

So, due to my impatience, it looks like I f-ed up my stats in my newly minted C3 account with newbiish scores. Fortunately I only played for under an hour or less but this reminds me of the "bad old days" when I started out C2 as a newbie, got raqed, and my stats never recovered even when I was at maximum rank and doing well. I should have just waited until tomorrow -- oh well.

I'll see you guys ( barring any more trouble ) when I get my system built and I'll be sure to post pics.

As it is now I haven't played Crysis in any form ( save for the short time with the laptop ) for over a month.

:(

jdb2

Why place so much importance in stats? It's all about having fun playing!

Why place so much importance in stats? It's all about having fun playing!

I certainly didn't have any fun playing with a maximum FPS of 15, horrible aiming lag ( and net lag as the server I was playing on had a 100+ ping ) and a tiny screen

I guess I'm just upset because I totally missed out on the C3 beta, everyone's been having a blast playing C3 and I'm stuck with a CPU and RAM but no motherboard and my only way of playing is via an ultra-crappy laptop. Fortunately, that situation should be rectified tomorrow.

jdb2

Why place so much importance in stats? It's all about having fun playing!

I certainly didn't have any fun playing with a maximum FPS of 15, horrible aiming lag ( and net lag as the server I was playing on had a 100+ ping ) and a tiny screen

I guess I'm just upset because I totally missed out on the C3 beta, everyone's been having a blast playing C3 and I'm stuck with a CPU and RAM but no motherboard and my only way of playing is via an ultra-crappy laptop. Fortunately, that situation should be rectified tomorrow.

jdb2

I agree with ruku, numbers on a screen are just that.

Numbers by the side of an MP profile mean nowt, they open weapons, but even if you max out the numbers there will always be someone whos gonna kick youre butt.

I hope youre FPS improves, I loved MP and have 2 more days to wait..

Well, since I just spent $4k on a new computer system, what's another $86.59 for the Crysis 3 Digital Deluxe Edition and a clean new account? jdb2 / jdbtwo is dead. Long live Origin name alephnaught0 ( really, who took alephnaught, the first transfinite cardinal? )

Stats fixed -- by brute force.

jdb2